Hair Transplantation History

For those of you who like a little bit of history, you will be interested to learn that hair transplantation started as a study in the early 1800s in Germany.  Dr. Dieffen Bach investigated the transplantation of skin, feather, and hair in animals.  However, many hair transplant surgeons agree that the “father of hair transplantation” is actually Dr. Norman Orentreich for his idea of using it for male pattern baldness in the early 1950’s.

Why Am I Losing Hair?

Just like any other condition, there are many reasons that people lose hair.  Hair loss can be a result of three main categories.  These categories are metabolic disorders, physical and emotional stress, and hereditary (genetic background) conditions.

Even though male pattern baldness is the most common case of hair loss in men, there are a variety of reasons why men and women lose their hair.  These include, iron deficiency, thyroid disease, polycystic ovarian syndrome, telogen effluvium (severe shedding of hair) inflammatory diseases, infectious diseases, immune system problems, scalp cancers or growths, scalp injuries from trauma/radiation, and psoriasis.

At 600 Hair Club, Dr. Yousefi himself will do the consultation to ensure that you are a good candidate for surgical hair transplantation, medical treatment, or any laser treatment.

Why Does a Hair Transplant Surgeon need to be an Artist as Well?

Hair transplantation is not a mechanical surgery in a way that people cut hair from one area and place it in another area.  Even though surgical skills are necessary to have great outcomes, artistic abilities of a great surgeon are more important to create excellent natural-looking results.  Hair transplantation is NOT like planting trees.  In order to get excellent hair transplantation results, Dr. Yousefi and his staff will consider many factors including how to prepare the grafts, where to place the grafts, how to place the grafts, the angle of the grafts, the depth of the grafts, as well as the number of grafts.  Furthermore, hair characteristics, the unique and individual anatomy of each patient’s head, and facial features, need to be considered in combination with patients’ scalp characteristics. The hair’s density, caliber, curl, and frizz/waviness should be considered when placing grafts in oily or very elastic scalps.

Dr. Yousefi is proud to combine his experience and training in general surgery, plastic surgery, and microsurgery that are needed to create an excellent, natural, and beautiful results. Dr. Yousefi is a true artist in both his painting and sculpting hobbies.

Why Does Hair Transplantation Work?

It is very well known that hair roots taken from the back of the head can be moved to another area and they will still continue to grow as if they are in the back of the head.  Of course many years of experience in surgical skills and artistic capabilities are needed to provide a beautiful and natural result.  In the process of separating the roots and placing them in the new areas, care must be taken not to damage them.

What is the Difference Between a Graft and Hair?

When a strip of hair is removed from the back of the head, the hair roots are separated from each other and made into small grafts so that they can be planted.  The grafts can be in many different sizes; micrografts, mini grafts, follicular unit grafts, slot grafts, round grafts, and so on.  Some grafts only have one hair root in them, others have 3-5 hairs roots, and others have even more.  In order to create an excellent and naturally beautiful result, Dr. Yousefi combines his years of experience and training in general surgery, plastic surgery, and microsurgery to know which size graft should be planted in which part of the scalp.  In order to have a more dense result we need to increase the number of hairs that are transferred rather than just increasing the number of grafts.  Obviously, a transfer of 1000 grafts that have four hairs in each graft will give a more dense result than a transfer of 1000 grafts that have only one hair per graft.  Therefore, Dr. Yousefi believes that the number of hairs is more important than the number of grafts when considering the result of a good hair transplantation procedure.